diff --git a/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpGeneratorSettings.cs b/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpGeneratorSettings.cs
index 7479567c3..fdb3adfda 100644
--- a/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpGeneratorSettings.cs
+++ b/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpGeneratorSettings.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public CSharpGeneratorSettings()
             InlineNamedArrays = false;
             InlineNamedDictionaries = false;
             InlineNamedTuples = true;
+
+            UseUriTypeForUriFormattedStrings = true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>Gets or sets the .NET namespace of the generated types (default: MyNamespace).</summary>
@@ -147,5 +149,8 @@ public CSharpGeneratorSettings()
 
         /// <summary>Generate C# 9.0 record types instead of record-like classes.</summary>
         public bool GenerateNativeRecords { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>Indicate if System.Uri should be used for strings with format uri (default: true)</summary>
+        public bool UseUriTypeForUriFormattedStrings { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpTypeResolver.cs b/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpTypeResolver.cs
index eced21708..d8755cb6d 100644
--- a/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpTypeResolver.cs
+++ b/src/NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration.CSharp/CSharpTypeResolver.cs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ private string ResolveString(JsonSchema schema, bool isNullable, string typeName
 
             var nullableReferenceType = Settings.GenerateNullableReferenceTypes && isNullable ? "?" : string.Empty;
 
-            if (schema.Format == JsonFormatStrings.Uri)
+            if (schema.Format == JsonFormatStrings.Uri && Settings.UseUriTypeForUriFormattedStrings)
             {
                 return "System.Uri" + nullableReferenceType;
             }